Learn to play the guitar from the comfort of your couch

Learn to play the guitar from the comfort of your couch – a beginners guide

Find the Right Guitar for You

The first and most important step is finding a guitar. Not just any guitar, the guitar that is the right one for you. Yes, the options are endless, and narrowing down your choice to just one is a tough one. Luckily you can change your mind and guitar whenever you see fit.

As the saying goes, it is better to have a guitar that is hard to play than no guitar at all … but if you have a choice, choosing one that fits your hand and body size quite comfortably is going to be a great help to your learning process.
If you’re looking for the ideal guitar, you might want to explore online guitar parts to help you customize and fine-tune your instrument to perfection.

Learn How to Tune Your Guitar

As time passes and you become a master of your chosen craft, you will eventually be able to tune your new best friend by ear. But until such time, using a tuner is the best way to get your guitar to play the right notes.

There are 4 main types of tuners that players use nowadays, and they include vibration-based tuners, pedal tuners, microphone-based tuners, and Smartphone apps.

Identifying the Strings

Learning the parts and pieces of your guitar is paramount to you learning and really enjoying your instrument. Learning which strings are which is really going to make the learning experience that much more enjoyable and a whole lot less frustrating.

Starting with the thickest string on top and the thinnest at the bottom, their names are; E, A, D, G, B, and E, respectively. That being said, your thickest string is E, or the 6th string, and the thinnest string is your E, or 1st string.

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